OCD therapy with the treatment that actually works.
Doctoral-level (PhD/PsyD) psychologists treating ocd for people
in San Diego and across Southern California — online, in-network, and usually with no waitlist. From North County to the South Bay, sessions happen from wherever you are — no drive across the county to a waiting room.
The intrusive thought you'd never act on but can't stop reacting to. The checking, the reassurance-seeking, the mental review that eats hours. OCD is not "being particular" — it's a specific, treatable disorder, and generic talk therapy can make it worse.
OCD therapy, explained.
OCD runs on a loop: an intrusive thought spikes anxiety, a compulsion relieves it for a moment, and the loop gets stronger. The gold-standard treatment is Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) — deliberately facing the trigger without the compulsion until the brain learns the alarm is false. For clients who don't tolerate ERP, we also offer Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT). This is specialist work; our OCD clinicians are trained in it, and a typical course runs 12–20 sessions to substantial relief.
OCD therapy in San Diego.
San Diego holds a large military and veteran community, a cross-border culture, and the particular strain of an expensive coastal city that looks relaxed from the outside.
Care is uneven across a county this large. Telehealth closes the gap between a booked-solid practice in La Jolla and someone still waiting for a call back in the South Bay. Every one of our
psychologists is licensed in California and sees clients across San Diego County — North County, the South Bay, La Jolla, Chula Vista, and the neighborhoods between the coast and El Cajon —
by secure video. Where you are in San Diego decides the view out your window during session, not whether
you can get ocd care.
What ocd therapy here looks like.
- ERP — the gold-standard, research-backed OCD treatment, delivered by trained specialists
- Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT) as an alternative for those who don't tolerate ERP
- A clear course of care — most people reach substantial relief in 12–20 sessions
Who you’d work with.
Dr. Jessica Habashy
Dr. Maria Meinerding
Dr. Sara Chamberlin
